‖ glacé, a.
(glase)
[Fr. pa. pple. of glacer to ‘ice’, give a gloss to, etc., f. glace ice.]
1. Of cloth, leather, etc.: Having a smooth surface with a high polish or lustre. Also absol. = glacé silk (and attrib. as glacé finish), and = glacé leather.
| 1847 E. Gray Let. 5 May in W. James Order of Release (1947) iii. 31, I see a great many cloaks of pale glacé silk. 1850 Harper's Mag. I. 431 Glacé or damask bareges are the most recherchés. Ibid., Dress of glacé silk. 1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 505 Shot glacés, woven by Spitalfields hand-loom weavers. 1859 Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 117 The bevy of youthful bridesmaids—all in white tulle over pink glacé silk. 1889 Charity Organis. Rev. Jan. 9 Now-a-days glacé kid (the skill of the leather-dresser having discovered novel methods of imparting the glacé finish to inferior..skins) is used for boots of a low grade. 1900 Queen 28 Apr. (Advt.), Patent ‘Lantry’ shoe..in Glacé. Buckles extra. 1936 N. Coward To-night at 8.30 ii. 38 A navy blue school dress with a glacé red leather waist belt. 1955 Times 11 July 13 Glacé kid..is also a full chrome upper leather. |
2. Of fruits: Covered with icing or sugar.
| 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vii. 215 Somebody said it was a theatre which looked as if it ought to be filled with glacé chestnuts, or crystallized violets. |